“ Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry. ”

“ No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched. ”

“ Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness. ”

“ A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose company he finds himself electrified and enkindled, but for that one in whose company he may feel tenderly drowsy. ”

“ Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles. ”

“ Love demands infinitely less than friendship. ”

“ An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out. ”

“ Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men. ”

“ Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few. ”

“ The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism. ”